Battling Broadhurst getting back in the swing

HE turned professional in 1988 on the back of a glittering amateur career. Two years later, he was shooting 63 in the Open Championship at St Andrews.

Twelve months after that, he emerged unbeaten on his Ryder Cup debut, beating Mark O'Meara by 3 and 1 in the singles in the infamous War on the Shore at Kiawah Island and by 1995 he had four prestigious European Tour titles and a financial nest egg to his name.

Then almost overnight the cash flow dried up. A hand injury prevented him from playing at all in 2000.